Green qualified as a national umpire in 1976 and as an ITTF international umpire in 1980. As well as the home world championships in 1977, he umpired at the 1981 edition in Novi Sad, then in Yugoslavia, and at the Commonwealth Championships in Cardiff in 1973 and Edinburgh in 1979.
Born in 1933, he played in the Warrington and Bolton leagues in the north-west before moving to Peterborough, where he died last month after a short illness.
A celebration of his life will be held at St Botolph's Church, Longthorpe, at 1.15pm on Thursday 26 November, followed by committal at Peterborough Crematorium.
